diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs
index b4e822728b..26b2386157 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs
@@ -774,7 +774,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat
 
 					if (messageTasks.Count == 0)
 					{
+						logger.LogTrace("No providers active, pausing messsage monitoring...");
 						await updatedTask.WithToken(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+						logger.LogTrace("Resuming message monitoring...");
 						continue;
 					}